Whatever fits is allowed
TRUMPF tables are mobile, modular and come in any combination – key reasons why
a hospital in the netherlands decided to purchase OR tables from TRUMPF.
“In the last five years, we have gradually
replaced all of our old OR tables
with OR tables from TRUMPF – a total
of 23 tables so far,” says Paul Vink,
an anaesthesiologist assistant for 22
years at the Leids Universitair Medisch
Centrum (LUMC) in Leiden, the
Netherlands. It’s no surprise that Vink
knows OR equipment. That’s why the
hospital has long looked to him as
the expert when it comes to investing
in logistics and equipment for anaesthesiology
and the OR. That was the
way it was seven years ago when the
search for new OR tables began. The
selection was narrowed down to two
companies, one being TRUMPF.
“The decision at that time was not
made lightly,” recalls Vink. “For each
company, we spent a day with all the
specialists and OR teams to closely examine
all the functions and options of
the tables. Th en we tested each product
for about four to six weeks, during
which time teams from different
surgical fields, including ear, nose
and throat specialists, ophthalmology,
thorax and back surgery, urology
and orthopaedics were involved. In
the end, we decided in favour of the
TRUMPF OR tables.”
The Jupiter and Mars OR tables to
be exact. Vink explains why these tables
beat the competitors: “We use
Mars mostly for ORs in which patients
lie on their backs. We use the Jupiter
for more complicated positions and
procedures. However as components
from both tables can be interchanged,
we have complete freedom to prepare
either of the tables for almost
any OR procedure and in any available OR
room. Another reason for the decision was
TRUMPF’s openness to special
requests which they are
able to implement whenever possible.
But even more important was
the product and price ratio.”
